Huntsville gazette., 1887-10-22

CHARLES DICKENS, son of tie great
novelist, is in New York and will make
lecturing tour of the United States.
THE st. Louis Browns were again de-
feated by the Detroits at Philadelphia, on
the 17th, by q score Of 3 to ]. The totals
to date stood: Detroits, five games; st.
Louis, two.
DELEGATE TOOLE. of Montana, who is at
present in Washington, says there will be
hard fight made by four Territories this
winter for admission as States of the
Union. Montana, Dakota, New Mexico
and Washington Territory viii all present
their claims and press them vigorously.
The tenement occupied by James O'Con-
nell at Peabody, Mass, was burned on the
10th, and two children OF OConnell's,
James, aged four, and Mary, aged two
years. were suifocated before they could
be reached.
In the Court OF sessions at Buffalo, N.
", on the 1Tth, Edward Stevens, aged
twenty-one years, of Saginaw, Mich,
pleaded guilty to indictments on eleven
cases of burglary, and was sentenced to
ten years in Auburn prison.
SERIOUS riots have occurred at Gibral-
ter and Malta between Irish and English
soldiers. Many of the rioters were in
jured. Several arrests have been made.
The streets are guarded by strong patrols
THE Marine Hospital Bureau is informed
by Deputy Collector Spencer at Tampa
that there were five new cases of yellow
fever and four deaths reported on the 18th,
and that several cases were reported at
Ybor City, opposite Tampa. The hospital
at Tampa has been opened and put in
operation.
THE Indian Office is informed that the
trouble on the Lower Brule Indian reser-
vation, Dakota, arising from discomfort
among a small faction who did not want
to take land in severalty, has subsidized,
and allotments are being made.
Mr.. BELL, the Washington photographer
who has copyright on Mrs. Cleveland's
photographs, says that since the mistress
of the White House has been on her tour
of the West and South, the orders for
pictures have been so heavy that it has
been impossible to fill even half of them.
The French police have arrested two
foreigners named Odann and Wolitz, who
were expelled in February for attempting
to bribe chasseur 10 procure patterns of
new cartridges and rifles. Though liable
to six months imprisonment, they are to
be again expelled.
c. MEYER ZULICK, Governor of Arizona,
in his annual report, estimates the popula-
tion Of the Territory at $1,000, an in
crease Of nearly $1,000 over the census
estimate of 1880. The aggregate assessed
valuation Of the taxable property for the
present year is $26 3l3,50O, an increase of
nearly $4,000, 900 over 1JS6.
THE military authorities at Prescott,
Ariz., have been telegraphed to be in read
mess to move to Camp Verde, where the
Apache Mojave Indians will be removed
from San Carlos. The feeling of citizens
against this removal is so intense that the
army officers fear that if the military is
not present to command peace more
trouble between the Indians and the
whites will soon result.
THE steamship Rio de Janeiro, which
arrived at San Francisco on the 18th, from
Hong Kong, brings additional details of
the disastrous fire at Hankow, Corea. The
number of lives lost is given as one thou
sand and the value of the property de-
stroyed as two million taels.